Sales Tax Ballot Measure K

Aug 29, 2016 09:59AM
● By Elena Hutslar

Sales Tax Ballot Measure K

On Monday, August 1, the Pleasant Hill City Council voted
unanimously to place a revenue measure on the November 2016 ballot. If
approved, Measure K would enact a 1/2-cent transactions and use tax (or sales
tax) for 20 years, allowing the city to address key infrastructure and service
priorities that Pleasant Hill residents have indicated are important. The
measure would generate an estimated $4 million in additional annual revenue for
the city for local needs.

Measure K would provide funding to be used for important city
services including:

· Repaving
neighborhood streets and fixing potholes

· Maintaining
and upgrading the city’s storm drains

· Adding
new sidewalks and bike paths

· Constructing
a new community library

· Funding
other city projects and services that Pleasant Hill residents have identified
as key priorities.

Measure K would establish a Citizens’ Oversight
Committee to ensure all voter-approved funds are spent appropriately.
In addition, the measure requires mandatory financial audits and reports to the
community regarding all revenue collected and spent on city projects and
services. If approved by the voters at the November general election, the
sales tax would take effect April 1, 2017.